Elena Namli is professor of ethics at Uppsala University.

In this lucid work, Elena Namli makes a powerful case for a new critical legal positivism. Through generous and incisive readings of Hart, Raz, and Habermas, she argues for a dialectical understanding of the complex relations among law, politics, and morality which—coupled with a materialist sensitivity to concrete injustices—can produce a grounded, bottom-up critique of contemporary liberal democracy.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Law, Morality, and PoliticsChapter 2: Beyond Natural LawChapter 3: H.L.A. Hart: Utilitarian Ethics and Democratic LawChapter 4: Joseph Raz: The Legitimate Authority of the Law and Political MoralityChapter 5: Jürgen Habermas: Democracy and the LawChapter 6: Legal Positivism, Democracy, and Moral Critique of LawBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Elena Namli is professor of ethics at Uppsala University.

In this lucid work, Elena Namli makes a powerful case for a new critical legal positivism. Through generous and incisive readings of Hart, Raz, and Habermas, she argues for a dialectical understanding of the complex relations among law, politics, and morality which—coupled with a materialist sensitivity to concrete injustices—can produce a grounded, bottom-up critique of contemporary liberal democracy.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Law, Morality, and PoliticsChapter 2: Beyond Natural LawChapter 3: H.L.A. Hart: Utilitarian Ethics and Democratic LawChapter 4: Joseph Raz: The Legitimate Authority of the Law and Political MoralityChapter 5: Jürgen Habermas: Democracy and the LawChapter 6: Legal Positivism, Democracy, and Moral Critique of LawBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Elena Namli is professor of ethics at Uppsala University.

In this lucid work, Elena Namli makes a powerful case for a new critical legal positivism. Through generous and incisive readings of Hart, Raz, and Habermas, she argues for a dialectical understanding of the complex relations among law, politics, and morality which—coupled with a materialist sensitivity to concrete injustices—can produce a grounded, bottom-up critique of contemporary liberal democracy.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Law, Morality, and PoliticsChapter 2: Beyond Natural LawChapter 3: H.L.A. Hart: Utilitarian Ethics and Democratic LawChapter 4: Joseph Raz: The Legitimate Authority of the Law and Political MoralityChapter 5: Jürgen Habermas: Democracy and the LawChapter 6: Legal Positivism, Democracy, and Moral Critique of LawBibliographyIndexAbout the Author